Cable-clamp.



G. R. EDDELBUBTTEL-REIMERS.

GABLE CLAMP.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 30, 1912.

1,069,400, Patented Aug. 5, 1913.

% Z I By ATTORNEYS COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH c0., WASHINGTON, D. c.

UNYEEL B'EATES PATENT @FFEQE GUSTAV B. EDDELBUETTEL-REIMERS, OF BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON.

CABLE-CLAMP.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GUSTAV R. EDDELBUET- 'rEL-REIMERS, a'citizen of the United States, and a resident of Bellingham, in the county of lVhatcom and State of Vashington, have invented an Improvement in Cable-Clamps, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cable clamps, the object being to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive device which possesses strength and durability and which will safely and efl'ectively clamp a cable and prevent the same from slipping in any direction.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates the preferred embodiment of my invention and which forms a part of this specification, Figure l is a side elevation illustrating my invention in its practical application. Fig. 2 is a front elevation there of. Fig. 3 is an elevation illustrating the plates in detached relation and in the position they will assume when the cable is threaded therethrough and before their connection. Fig. A is a detail cross section taken through one of the plates substantially on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the clamping plates in the position they will assume after being pressed together but before their clamping bolt is connected therethrough.

Referring now to these figures, I provide clamping plates A and B which are adapted to oppose each other and which are substantially rectangular and of the specific formation as clearly shown in the figures. The plate A is provided with a central bolt opening a and with cable receiving openings a and (6 these latter openings being arranged adjacent opposite ends of the plate and upon the same side of its longitudinal center, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The plate B is provided at one end with a lateral flange Z) and with an opening 72 adjacent said flange and arranged at one side of its longitudinal center. The plate B is further provided with a lateral flange 5 at its opposite end, this flange being provided with a central recess or cut-out portion which is adapted to form a cable guide, as hereinafter clearly described. In their assembled relation, the plates A and B oppose each other in the manner clearly shown in Fig. 1, the flange b of plate B forming a bearing for the respective ends of the plate Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 30, 1912.

Patented Aug. 55,1913.

Serial No. 717,888.

A. The clamping bolt C which passes through the central opening a of plate A and also through the central opening 6 of plate B, is threaded to receive a nut 0, whereby the plates may be clampingly secured in the relation stated.

In the practical application of the clamp, the cable D is placed within the cut-out portion or recess of the flange b and its end is passed through the opening I) to the outer side of plate B. The extremity of the cable is then returned, forming a loop (Z and is then passed through the opening a to the inner surface of the plate A and then exteriorly of the plate through the opening a Usually the parts are more readily assembled if the bolt C is loosely extended through the plates and those portions of the cable D which lie against the inner faces of the clamping plates are bent around opposite sides of the bolt shank, as clearly indicated in Figs. 2 and 3. From this it will be noted that in the assembled relation of the parts, the recessed flange b of plate A effectively prevents side slip of the cable and it will be further noted that the opposite flange Z) of said plate forms a bearing for the adjacent end of the plate A and prevents this end of the clamp from becoming deformed Isohould the looped portion (Z of the cable be ent.

It should, of course, be understood that, in its passage through the several openings 06, b and a and in its several bends between the said openings, the cable D is subjected to considerable friction, through the action of which the said cable may be efiectively clamped without tightening the bolt C to the extent it would otherwise have to be.

What I claim is 1. A cable clamp comprising a pair of clamping members, one of which has a cable guide and an opening adapted to receive a portion of the cable therethrough, and the other of which members has a pair of openings adapted to receive a return bend of the cable therethrough, and a bolt connecting the plates whereby to securely clamp the cable.

2. A cable clamp comprising a pair of clamping members, one of which has a cable guide and a cable receiving opening, and the other of which members has a pair of cable receiving openings, and a bolt extending centrally through and connecting the members, and around opposite sides of which the cable may be bent between the members.

3. A cable clamp comprising a pair of clamping plates each having one or more cable receiving openings, one of said plates having a lateral flange at one end and a cable guide atits opposite end, against the former of which one end of the other plate is adapted to bear and a member for clampingly connecting the plates.

at. A cable clanip comprising a pair of clamping plates each having one or more cable receiving openings one of said plates having a lateral flange at one end against 1 which the adjacent end of the other plate is adapted to bear, and said first-named plate being also provided with a flange having a central cut-out portion forming a cable guide, and a bolt clampingly connect- 2 ing the said plates.

GUSTAV R. EDDELBUETTEL-REIMERS.

-Witnesses V. H. HEATON, R. B. STUART.

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Washington, I C. 

